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Hey, Apple: Mapping Takes More Work than You Think — Apple's apology suggests it may underestimate how much effort is needed to build a great map app. — In response to scathing criticism over its new Maps app for mobile devices, Apple CEO Tim Cook last week apologized and admitted that the company …

Facebook's new pitch to brand advertisers: forget about clicks — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc, stung by doubts that advertising on the social network delivers enough bang for the buck, is preparing to unveil data to counter its critics and show that “clicks,” the current metric of choice, tell only half the story.

Kindle Paperwhite review — Amazon's fastest, most feature-packed e-reader hits a crowded market with a few new moves under its belt — I was looking forward to the review of the Kindle Paperwhite for one simple reason: I would finally have an excuse to read more.

Larry Ellison Just Took On Amazon With A New Cloud Service — Larry Ellison just announced that Oracle was launching a brand new cloud computing service. — Oracle will now be offering “infrastructure as a service” as the industry calls it, or “hardware as a service” as Ellison dubbed it tonight.

White House confirms cyberattack — The White House confirmed but sought to downplay a report by a conservative website on Sunday that it had been the victim of a cyberattack, volunteering to POLITICO that no harm had been done. — The Washington Free Beacon reported that Chinese hackers …

Google Passes Microsoft's Market Value as PC Loses to Web — Google Inc. (GOOG) has surpassed Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) to become the world's second-largest technology company, in another sign of the expanding ability of the Internet to facilitate computing tasks once completed on desktop machines.

Square Acquires a New York Design Firm — Tech companies, in a high-stakes competition for engineers, are also chasing another highly prized kind of employee: designers. — Square, the popular mobile payments company, has proved just how important designers are by making a surprising acquisition.

Iran unblocks access to Gmail — TEHRAN — Iran on Monday removed online blocks on Gmail but a government Internet filtering committee official said other, additional censorship was being prepared against YouTube, according to reports. — Internet users in Iran found themselves able …

Glitch keeps iCloud storage at 25GB until 2050 — Instead of a downgrade to 5GB of storage, Apple has pushed users' renewal dates 38 years in the future. — An apparent glitch in the iCloud account system has resulted in some accounts showing extended storage space with renewal dates years in the future.